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FUTURE
The Advent production environments are created manufacturing, increasing output to meet
of the Fourth through manufacturing and the widespread new demand and increasing a company’s
Industrial networking of people and things, resulting bottom line.
Revolution in a new concept for tomorrow’s factory.
In short, ‘Industry 4.0’ is the Internet of There are a number of individuals who are
The first industrial revolution was sparked Things (IoT) power. extremely well-placed to steer companies
off in the 18th century by the invention of through this newest revolution. Professor
the steam engine and the mechanisation The aim is to achieve production-related Henning Kagermann, President of Acatech,
of manual work. In the early 20th century advantages by creating a flexible, the German National Academy of Science
the second revolution occurred around networked and dynamically self-organising and Engineering, highlights the role
the adoption of electricity and mass manufacturing process for highly individual of technology in driving and enabling
production techniques. The last few products. Smart factories will be at the organisations to implement changes to
decades has brought in the third revolution heart of this, taking on board information fundamental facets of their business.
with electronic systems and computer and communication technology, resulting in Avi Reichental, President and CEO of 3D
technologies. much higher levels of both automation and Systems, is at the forefront of 3D printing,
digitisation. demonstrating how this is already disrupting
Now, it would appear, termed ‘Industry 4.0’, the manufacturing sector and shaping the
we are embarking on the fourth and latest The hope is that eventually manufacturing future of our industries. From a media point
revolution. Around the world governments, firms of all sizes will be able to gain of view, David Rowan is editor-in-chief of
manufacturers and researchers are creating easy and affordable access to modelling WIRED magazine’s UK edition and, as such,
a vision of the future where entirely new and analytical technologies that can be is at the forefront of innovative concepts
customised to meet their needs. and ideas for commercial success across
new media and technology. n
These advances will drastically reduce
the time between virtual planning and
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